Antonín Kratochvíl

Antonín Kratochvíl (also written Antonin Kratochvil; born 12 April 1947) is a Czech-born American photojournalist. He is a founding member of VII Photo Agency.

Kratochvíl in 2017 during FotoArtFestival

Life and work

Kratochvíl was born in 1947 in Lovosice, Czechoslovakia. He gained a BFA in Photography from Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam.

He has photographed Mongolia's street children for the magazine of the American Museum of Natural History and the Iraq War for Fortune.

He was suspended from VII Photo Agency in 2017 after sexual harassment allegations were made.[1] He denied that they ever happened.[2]

Sarah K. Stanley, in an essay on Kratochvíl's book Vanishing, called it "a unique compilation of images by a photographer who is distinguished by his great sensitivity to the plight of humans beings and animal species seeking survival in endangered habitats."[3]

Publications

Publications by Kratochvíl
  • Broken Dream: 20 Years of War in Eastern Europe. New York: Monacelli, 1997. ISBN 9781885254788.
  • Incognito. Santa Fe, NM: Arena, 2001. ISBN 9781892041456. With a short introduction by Billy Bob Thornton and an interview by Mark Jacobson.
  • Sopravvivere. Milan: F. Motta, 2001. ISBN 9788871793191. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Galleria Grazia Neri, Milan.
  • Antonin Kratochvil. FotoTorst series no. 12. Prague: Torst, 2003. ISBN 9788072152001. English and Czech.
  • Vanishing. New York: de.MO, 2005. ISBN 978-0970576835.
  • Persona: Portraits. Slovart, 2006. ISBN 978-8072097838. With an introduction by Michael Persson.

Publications with contributions by Kratochvíl

Awards

References
  1. "Antonin Kratochvil suspended from VII following sexual harassment allegations – British Journal of Photography". www.bjp-online.com. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  2. "Slovo ženy má větší váhu. Je teď taková politická situace, říká fotograf Kratochvíl o nařčení z obtěžování – Reflex.cz". Reflex.cz. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  3. Stanley, Sarah K. (Sep 2005). "First Day of Remorse". Afterimage. 33 (2): 57–58. doi:10.1525/aft.2005.33.2.57. S2CID 251853499.
  4. "1991 Infinity Award: Photojournalism". International Center of Photography. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  5. "Antonin Kratochvil resigns from VII". British Journal of Photography. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  6. "1998 Antonin Kratochvil POS1-AF". www.worldpressphoto.org. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  7. "2003 Antonin Kratochvil NA1". www.worldpressphoto.org. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  8. "The Lucie Awards". Retrieved 2020-04-08.
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